See the surprising responses from one group's afternoon of joining in the Baltic Bread Project. In Riga, Latvia we've been giving bread as a sign of God's love for everyone to enjoy and share. As the rich and poor alike receive the note and realize why they are being offered this gift, there
Thank you for your prayers for
us while we are in eastern Europe. We totally feel them and have been
having an excellent ministry time. We've been shooting footage for
videos for different ministries here, ministering on the streets, and
feeding people! This is an account from th
See a new animation of the arts and media missions projects worked on by YWAM Resonate from spring till fall of this year. Our missions center trains young people to provide creative media production for many different churches, non-profits and ministries within Youth With A Mission.
The UofN Workshop is a global, multi-point event that brought together staff, students and leaders for prayer, outreach, teaching and planning. Media from the four locations is being posted online at: www.UofNworkshop.com and is available if you click "turn on" and then "On Demand" in the
From her travels in China, Central America and the US, Brooke Luby has created a collage of poetry called "All Things Are Becoming New." This work reflects her hopeful perspective and creative wordsmithing. Profits from the books' sales will go back into supporting Brooke with her m
Our team stands on a busy sidewalk in downtown Atalanta. Our hands and mouths are bound and we have cardboard signs depicting the bondage that countless people are submerged in....
DRUGS
ABUSE
RACISM
SUICIDE
DEPRESSION
POVERTY
My sign reads PROSTITUTION. Men won'
Helma and Bram DeBlouw work together as
relationship and marriage coaches. They are
originally from the Netherlands and have
been married for more than thirty years.
The DeBlouws have raised three children
and have two grandchildren. Helma and
Bram received training in the Netherlands
a
The last five weeks have just blown away all pre-conceived ideas I used to have. God's done some pretty revolutionary things in the way I acted, thought, and felt before. Little did I know that I would share my testimony to hundreds of people on television in San Salvador! Little did I know that
The cells of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua are dark and dusty. Our team of three filed into the concrete hallway connecting the cells, and began to pray for God to speak to the men and women´s hearts. The history of the area could be described as religious, though we visited churches thrivi
Earlier this week our YWAM outreach team worked two days on the construction site of a new church building up in the mountains... far from the bustling streets of San Salvador. Wielding picks, shovels and machetes until our blistered hands bled (and then some), we hacked away at the earth and plant
The YWAM Woodcrest DTS team is currently in San Jose Costa Rica on the first half of a unique outreach opportunity in Central America. This week they will be assisting the local YWAM missionaries in video production and other assistance for their "Children
Here are some of the videos from Youth With A Mission DTS graduates. Hear their exciting stories of transformation and purpose as they take their missions journeys.
God had something excellent set up for the Resonate Team and Bautista Colegia, a first through twelfth grade Baptist school in San Salvador. We played concerts and ministered to different grade levels each day during the week. A group of older students were with us daily to help with tra
YWAM Resonate Arts & Media Here at Woodcrest we have been having graphics and design workshops. Joel & Jeff have been taking us in depth into photoshop and other programs that help us design graphic art. Each workshop is intense and very insightful in deta
DTS in Estonia, Latvia and Belarus
Written by Leah N.
We returned from Estonia revived from time shared with key leaders in Baltic missions. Pioneers of the former YWAM Estonia met with young missionaries to impart faith and seek God for their nation. Together, they listened and developed ideas to reach this upcoming generation of Estonians. Many projects are now in the works and YWAM Estonia should be established soon. Our team is currently developing a website to make the dream behind all these plans visible to others.
Last week, we visited the Latvian YWAM base at Valdemarpils to connect with a new team and share the Bread Project. We shared stories from the streets and offered this vision to become their own. Other recent undertakings include a video for a Latvian Christian musician, whose song has already had air play; a video to communicate the message of Wings For Wheels, a local ministry to the disabled of Latvia; and a small group from our team branching out to Belarus to promote the Bread Project among native believers.
The Bread Project is growing in Riga and new participants are being added daily. Bold Latvians meet to seek out neighbors they may bless with bread and words of encouragement, and those more timid are discovering fresh passion and empowerment to spread Christ’s love. We are meeting new friends on the street, many of whom express sincere gratitude to receive loaves and uplifting conversation. Several receiving the bread continue to share their abundance with others, and there is a great sense of unity among those with material need and those without.
[Photo of DTS on the Baltic Sea: writewithlight.me]
Baltic Bread Project in action
Written by Jeff
See the surprising responses from one group's afternoon of joining in the Baltic Bread Project. In Riga, Latvia we've been giving bread as a sign of God's love for everyone to enjoy and share. As the rich and poor alike receive the note and realize why they are being offered this gift, there are a lot of different reactions. Some are filled with joy. Some never get it--thinking it's just about charity. Others have wept in repentance. Then there are many who receive it with a desire to give it away to others in need. As we give the bread, lives are changing and hearts opening to receive and share His love.
The Baltic Bread Project
Written by Admin
Bread Project Breaks Generously
Written by becca
Latvians and others from the Baltics gathered over a snowy weekend to celebrate five years as a missions community. YWAM Resonate was there with an encouraging message we have felt on our hearts from God. Well, some of us were a little skeptical how well it would be received. We did not want our actions to be interpreted as paternalistic. The final evening came. We unloaded several boxes of bread purchased from a local bakery with money donated to the Bread Project. YWAM volunteers from around the world helped to set the bread on the stage. We explained the message to the people in the sanctuary.-
'We received this bread from God, and we give it to you as a symbol of his love. It is not something we earned, but which we freely received. We encourage you to take, receive, and give to others.'
We invited everyone to come forward and receive bread. They did. One woman was specifically looking for people from other countries. She broke off a piece of bread and gave it to YoungMi, one of our team members from South Korea. She said to YoungMi, 'This is a blessing from Latvia. God gave me this bread, and I want to give it to you and your country.'
The people received freely from this movement of provision from God. We spoke with many people interested to go out and minister God's love with the blessing of the Bread Project. We will follow up with them in the remaining weeks to minister with bread, completely trusting God to multiply this love in amazing ways to people in Latvia and beyond.
Thank you for your prayers as the people we meet in Latvia are encouraged to receive and give of the deep, deep love of God.